Before starting a unit on World War II (WWII), Mrs. Jovanik takes her fifth-grade class on a field trip to the USS Yorktown, a WWII aircraft carrier that is moored at Patriot’s Point near downtown Charleston, South Carolina. While there, she engages the students in role-playing dialogue and frequently asks them how they would react to certain situations that the WWII soldiers assigned to the USS Yorktown would have experienced. Over the next couple of weeks, as they read and discuss WWII, Mrs. Jovanik frequently refers back to the trip. Which instructional approach is Mrs. Jovanik likely using to help students make connections in their learning about WWII?
